Obituaries from July 2010

Jeffrey Walter Bartkoski(07/31/10)Jeffrey Walter Bartkoski, age 35, of Springfield, Mo., formerly of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away Wednesday morning, July 28, 2010. Jeff was born in Phoenix, Ariz., to Betty Evelyn (Hutchison) and Joseph Edward Bartkoski on March 14, 1975, and was their 15th child...

Juanita Mae Heitz Dominguez(07/31/10)Juanita Mae Heitz Dominguez, age 88, former resident of Bronaugh, Mo., died Thursday, July 29, at Fort Scott Manor Nursing Home. She was born Feb. 17, 1922, in Liberal, Mo., the daughter of Lawrence and Lulu Hill Copeland. She graduated from Mindenmines High School in the class of 1939. ...

Joseph Martin Glisar(07/31/10)Joseph Martin Glisar, age 46, resident of Pittsburg, Kan., died Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, Fort Scott. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society and may be sent to Cheney Witt Chapel, P.O. Box 347, Fort Scott, Kansas, 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com...

Randall Lynn Fellows(07/28/10)Randall Lynn Fellows, 60, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, July 26, 2010, at the University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan., following a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 19, 1949, in Nevada, Mo., to Merl D. Fellows and Louella Ruth Eaton Fellows. He married Joyce Kay Wilcox on May 26, 1979, in Nevada, and she survives of the home...

Elzie Allen Farmer(07/28/10)Elzie Allen Farmer, 87, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, July 26, 2010, at Christian Health Care in Nevada following a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 21, 1922, in Bronaugh, Mo., to Joseph Harvey Farmer and Viola Dalton Farmer. He was married to Louise Mitts on Feb. 25, 1961, in Liberal, Mo., and she survives of the home...

Randall "Randy" Lynn Fellows(07/27/10)Randall "Randy" Lynn Fellows, 60, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, July 26, 2010, at Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.
Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada.

Leland Earl Ijams(07/27/10)Leland Earl Ijams, age 94, of Schell City, died July 19, 2010, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m., Friday, Aug. 6, at the Schell City United Methodist Church. Memorial services will follow at 11 a.m., at the church. Memorials are suggested to the Schell City Community Building...

Dr. Pratt Irby(07/24/10)Dr. Pratt Irby, 97, of Fort Scott, died Friday morning, July 23, 2010, at the Fort Scott Manor. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home.

William Orland Hardy(07/24/10)William Orland Hardy, 89, of Pleasanton, Kan., died Friday, July 23, 2010, at Countryview Nursing Home, Prescott, Kan. He was born to Edith (Hittle) Hardy and Leroy Leonard Hardy on July 3, 1921, on the family farm near Centerville, Kan., in Linn County. He attended Georgetown Rural School through the eighth grade, then attended and graduated from Parker High School in 1939. After graduating and working various jobs, he attended the Missouri Aviation Institute in Kansas City, Mo...

Buster Jerome "Jerry" Bowen(07/24/10)Buster Jerome "Jerry" Bowen was born on August 16, 1920, to Velie Vina and James Daniel Bowen. The second oldest of eight children, including sisters Ellen, Doris Ann, Lucille and Esther and brothers John, Joe and Gene. Jerry went home to be with the Lord on the evening of July 12, 2010...

Anthony Joseph "Tony" Karleskint(07/24/10)Anthony Joseph "Tony" Karleskint, age 89, resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Thursday, July 22, 2010, at Mercy Health Center in Fort Scott, following a brief illness. He was born June 3, 1921, in Miami, Okla., the son of Joseph C. Karleskint and Mary L. Hickman Karleskint. He married Buena Renfro on March 4, 1946, in Fort Scott...

Grace E. Miller(07/20/10)Grace E. Miller, 71, Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday July 17, 2010 at Joe Clark Residential Care in Nevada. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 22, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. Burial will follow at Sharon Cemetery, Drexel, Mo. Family information will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home...

Albert F. Newton(07/22/10)Albert F. Newton, 82, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at his home in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 6, 1927, in Richards, Mo. to William Sherman Newton and Sylvia Abigail Schnedler Newton. He married Donna Puckett on May 28, 1969, in Miami, Okla. and she survives of the home...

Dustie Diana Nolan(07/17/10)Diana Nolan, 26, Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Monday, July 14, 2010, in Kansas City. She was born on Jan. 4, 1984 in El Paso, Texas, to John and Dusti Ann Bradley Nolan. Diana grew up in Texas and later came to Nevada in 1998. She attended Nevada High School. She had lived and worked in the Kansas City, Mo., area for the past five years...

Elton Eugene Anders(07/20/10)Elton Eugene Anders, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, July 19, 2010 at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following a lengthy illness. He was bom on July 28, 1924 in Bates County, Mo. to Homer Anders and Gladys Nervina Rhoades Anders. He married Helen Nadine Spencer on Oct. 5, 1945 in Leavenworth, Kan. and she preceded him in death...

John Lee Pruitt(07/20/10)John Lee Pruitt, 57, Sheldon, Mo. passed away Friday, July 16, 2010 at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo. He was born Oct. 4, 1952 in Fort Scott, Kan. to William Joel Pruitt and Barbara Ann Eastwood Pruitt. He was married July 26, 1981 in Nevada, Mo. to Sharon Thaxton and she survives of the home...

Marrilee (Pat) Woodfill(07/20/10)Marrilee (Pat) Woodfill, 76, formerly of Nevada, Mo., passed away on Friday, July 16, 2010, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law in Prosper, Texas. She was born on Feb. 6, 1934, in Rich Hill, Mo., to Harvey and Thelma Sivils. On Oct. 24, 1953, she was married to Robert L. Woodfill...

Lois Kathleen "Kay" Hill(07/17/10)Lois Kathleen "Kay" Hill, age 83, resident of Uniontown, Kan., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 15, 2010, at Mercy Health Center. She was born August 20, 1926, in Kaw City, Okla., the daughter of Mr. Wilson and Maudie Pappan Wilson. She married Dewey Hill Sr. ...

James Robert "Bob" Mann(07/17/10)James Robert "Bob" Mann, 71, of Wichita, retired purchasing manager/ employee of Airtechnics, Inc. for 40 years, died at home on Monday, July 12, 2010 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. A memorial service is pending. Bob was born on June 15, 1939 in Fort Scott, Kan. He served aboard the USS Boxer as a BT3...

Betty McCoy(07/14/10)Betty McCoy, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away Tuesday evening, July 13, 2010 at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. She was born April 4, 1925 in Bakersfield, CA to Clarence L. "Dutch" Plummer and Doris Irene Sheddrick Plummer. She married Logan Ray McCoy on October 12, 1940 in Lamar. He preceded her in death on February 15, 1992...

Mary L. May(07/12/10)Mary L. May, 92, passed away Saturday at the Christian Health Care of Nevada. She was born in Nevada in 1918 to Mr. and Mrs. William Kluth. She graduated from Nevada High school in 1936 and was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, She was employed as a credit manager at Montgomery Ward's in Nevada, Joplin, and Kansas City. She then worked for Woodfill's Jewelry in Nevada for several years. Later in life, she worked for 15 years at the Nevada Middle School...

Larry Gale Daugherty(07/06/10)Larry Gale Daugherty, age 73, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away July 3, 2010, at 8:40 p.m., at St. Joseph Hospital, Kansas City, following an illness of cancer. Mr. Daugherty was born July 28, 1936, in Ellis, Mo., to Ralph "Hike" Daugherty and Goldie Mae (Green) Daugherty. ...